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XHFCE-FM

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XHFCE-FM
Broadcast areaNorthern Veracruz
eastern Hidalgo
Frequency105.5 FM
BrandingRadio Huayacocotla
Programming
FormatIndigenous community radio
Ownership
OwnerFomento Cultural y Educativo, A.C.
History
First air date
15 August 1965
Former call signs
XEJN-OC
Call sign meaning
Fomento Cultural y Educativo
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP10,000 watts[1]
Transmitter coordinates
20°31′18.7″N 98°29′29.5″W / 20.521861°N 98.491528°W / 20.521861; -98.491528
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitefomento.org.mx/radio

XHFCE-FM (Radio Huayacocotla: La Voz de los Campesinos – "The Voice of the Campesinos") is an indigenous community radio station based in Huayacocotla, a community of some 4000 inhabitants in the mountainous north of the Mexican state of Veracruz.

It began broadcasting, with a permit on 2390 kHz, a short wave frequency, on August 15, 1965 as XEJN-OC ("OC" for onda corta), using a 500 W transmitter. On February 14, 2005, the Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) granted the station a legal permit after 27 years of negotiations, assigning it the call sign XHFCE-FM and an FM frequency of 105.5 MHz.

In its early years, the station's programming focused on adult literacy and numeracy efforts before evolving toward a more general community-radio format: local information, regional cultural dissemination, agricultural news, campesino rights. It carries programming in both Spanish and the local indigenous languages.

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References

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  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-25. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.